General site characteristics

According to the monks of PretapuriPre ta pu ri, two wooden coffins with human remains were
discovered near SechungSe chung. These coffins occupied a large recess in an earthen bluff that
rises above a wash. This site is situated is a zone of dissected tablelands located between the Kandé ChuDkar ’ded chu and two hills known as Ri LhunpoRi lhun po and SechungSe chung. At the time of the survey, it was discovered that the hole ostensibly containing the
coffins had caved in. No structural evidence associated with burials is visible on the surface. The use of wooden coffins seems to point to a different
culture and/or period than that associated with the “MönMon” cist burials.

In the last 25 to 35 years, the Ali TangkhaA li thang kha plain, which is bounded by the Kandé ChuDkar ’ded chu, has been brought back into cultivation. Farmers of this locale report that corpses
of the “MönMon” have been unearthed during plowing. Ali TangkhaA li thang kha is part of MöntserMon ’tsher (Abandoned
MönMon Lands), a region of western Tibet well known
for its so-called MönMon legacy.